dog hobble

dog hobble
noun
fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowers
Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush
Member Holonyms: ↑genus Leucothoe

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noun
Etymology: so called from its tough interlacing branches that obstruct the progress of dogs

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